AMC9 tuff and rtv!

[stanleyjohn]

Anyone else notice that the signal starts to break up around 6pm est then lost until later in the evening? This has happened yesterday and just happened now.

 

[ParaclipseCKu]

I wouldn't be surprised if late day thunderstorms are passing through the area they uplink from. (Which I believe is Tenn).

 

[beavs2112]

i haven't watched either channel much this week. both are about 75/75 S/Q for me right now. pic is good. david hasselhoff on RTV looks as cheesy as ever

 

[turbosat]

Stanley its probably the weather, they uplink from chattanooga tn. Bookmark the weather radar for the southeastern US, and check it whenever they start breaking up. You'll likely find storm activity in their area.

 

[stanleyjohn]

Stanley its probably the weather, they uplink from chattanooga tn. Bookmark the weather radar for the southeastern US, and check it whenever they start breaking up. You'll likely find storm activity in their area.

Yeah! i think you guys are right!The weather!The only thing that was abit strange about it was that both yesterday and today it happened at about the same time 5:55pm est near the end of dragnet.PS! Im guessing the Tuff uses the same uplink because they also went out at the same time.

 

[Mr Tony]

When these channels were on 123W with the old owner (Equity) they were in Little Rock and it seemed like they went out all the time. Got lots of threads of "Where did Equity go?"

As noted, bookmark your favorite weather site and check for storms

 

[tvropro]

Ku and rainfade nature of the beast.

 

[Mr Tony]

and when they run the uplink budget on a shoestring that doesnt help either

 

[kingofku]

Stanley its probably the weather, they uplink from chattanooga tn. Bookmark the weather radar for the southeastern US, and check it whenever they start breaking up. You'll likely find storm activity in their area.

With that tiny slice of bandwidth - a stiff breeze would cause transmission issues!